About this episode

Steve Coughran explains the factors that influence business valuation and what buyers look for beyond just earnings.

Know your numbers, grow your cash flow, and build a business that works for you. Start free with myColtivar. Two businesses, same revenue, same profit. One sells for three times EBITDA. The other sells for eight times. On a $2 million EBITDA business that gap is $10 million. In this episode Steve breaks down exactly what creates that difference and why sophisticated buyers are not just looking at the size of your earnings but the quality and the risk underneath them. Whether you ever pl...

People in this episode

Host: Steve Coughran

Topics covered

• business valuation
• EBITDA
• cash flow
• business selling
• investment strategy

Keywords

• business valuation
• EBITDA
• cash flow
• investment
• business selling

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